YEAR ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 Professor Purnananda Guptasarma, Department of Biological Sciences is the winner of the Inaugural Tata Transformation Prize in the area of Sustainability Research, awarded by Tata Group in collaboration with the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
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2022 Dr. Sunil A. Patil received the CDC India – Prof. Ashok Pandey research excellence award for 2021 of the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) in recognition of contributions to the Environmental Biotechnology area.
2022 Dr. Sunil A. Patil has been the Managing Guest Editor of the special issue on “Microbial Processes for Resource Recovery” of the Bioresource Technology Reports journal, Elsevier
2022 Dr Santanu Kumar Pal bagged CRS Silver Medal 2022 by Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha
2021 Dr. R Vijaya Anand (Department of Chemical Sciences) has been selected for the Bronze Medal for the year 2022 by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).
2021 Dr Sugandha Maheshwary has been selected as a member of Indian National Young Academy of Science(INYAS) Core Committee -2021.
2020 Dr. Sunil A. Patil has been elected as a board member of the International Society of Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET)
2020 Dr. Baerbel Sinha has been appointed as a scientific steering committee member for the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report, Phase II (TOAR-II, 2020-2024) and international global atmospheric chemistry (IGAC) initiative under the umbrella of Future Earth.
2020 Dr. Mahak Sharma, selected for BM Birla Science Prize in Biology for the year 2018.
2020 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Journal of Cell Science (The Company of Biologists) from January 2020.
2020 Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyay has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Biophysical Journal (Cell Press) from January 2020.
2020 Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyay has been appointed as the Ambassador, Biophysical Society (USA)
2020 Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay research profile highlighted in the special issue of Biochemistry, "Future of Biochemistry: the Asia-Pacific Issue".
2020 Dr. Kavita Babu has been awarded the DBT Janaki Ammal National Woman Scientist Award, young category (2020-2025).
2020 Dr. Kavita Babu has been the recipient of a Wellcome Trust - DBT India Alliance Senior Fellowship grant (2020-2025).
2020 Dr. Kavita Babu has been the co-recipient of the BK Bachhawat travel award from Chritian Medical College, Vellore.
2020 Dr. Vinayak sinha has been the editor (subject: Atmospheric chemistry and physics) for Earth System Science Data, an international peer reviewed open access jounal
2020 Dr. Aru Beri has been included as a Female Scientist of Athena Science Working group on the International  Day of Women and Girls in Science
2019 Dr. Aru Beri has been appointed as a junior member of the International Astronomical Union
2019 Dr. Aru Beri has been selected as a IUCAA associate
2019 Dr. Aru Beri has been awarded Royal Society Newton International Alumni Fellowship
2019 Dr. Aru Beri has been appointed as a Young Member in the country team representing India in the International Conference on Women in Physics to be held in Melbourne in July 2021.
2019 Dr. Goutam Sheet has been awarded The Weizmann Foundation Visiting Faculty Award
2019 Dr. Goutam Sheet has joined the editorial advisory board of ACS AELM
2019 Dr. Goutam Sheet has won the American Physical Society's International Research Travel Award
2019 Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape has been the member of the Council of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
2019 Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape has been the member of the Council of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
2019 Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape has been the member of the Editorial Board of "Resonance"
2019 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha has been the editor of the journal "Chaos" (American Institute of Physics)
2019 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha has been the member of SERB Program Advisory Committee (PAC) in the area of Physical Sciences
2019 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha has been the member of the Planning Committee for the DST-SERC Schools on Nonlinear Dynamics
2019 Prof. Jasjeet Singh Bagla has been the member of the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) in the area of Physics, Astrophysics and Lasers for considering bilateral proposals submitted to the DST under the International Bilateral Cooperation Division (IBCD).
2019 Dr. Mahender Singh has been awarded the Swarna Jayanti Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences for the year 2018-2019.
2019 Dr. Mahender Singh has been appointed as a Co-investigator, DST-RFBR Indo-Russian bilateral grant, 2019-2022.
2019 Dr. V. Rajesh has been awarded seminar support grant by INSA, New Delhi to conduct national workshop "Engaging Science: Conversation Across Disciplines, IISER Mohali.
2019 Prof. Inder Bir Singh Passi has been awarded Bharat Vikas Award 2019 by Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneshwar.
2019 Dr. Mahak Sharma awarded with Professor Har Swarup Memorial Award 2019 by The Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
2019 Dr. Monika Sharma has been awarded Bharat Vikas Award in field of contributions to "Structural Biophysics" 2019 by ISR, Bhubaneshwar.
2019 Dr. Sunil A. Patil has been the guest editor, special issue on "Microbial Electrochemical Technologies" of Bioresource Technology Reports, Elsevier
2019 Dr. Sunil A. Patil has been awarded the highly cited paper award by the Applied Energy journal
2019 Dr. Mahak Sharma elected to Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) of Journal of Cell Biology.
2019 Dr. Mahak Sharma joins Board of Reviewing Editors (BRE) for the field of cell biology in eLife journal.
2019 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been awarded Professor BK Bachhawat International Travel Grant.
2019  Dr. Mahak Sharma has been awarded Wellcome Trust/DBT-India Alliance Senior Fellowship.
2019  Dr. Mahak Sharma profile featured in "People & Ideas" column by Journal of Cell Biology.
2019  Dr. Mahak Sharma profile featured in "Future of Biochemistry:The International Issue" by Biochemistry journal
2019 Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay has been elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) in the year 2019.
2019 Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay has been elected as the member of the Guha Research Conference (meeting held in 2018), India
2019 Dr. Manjari Jain has been elected as member, executive committee, Association of Avian Biologists of India.
2019 Dr. N.G. Prasad bas been the finalist of Nature Mentorship Awards 2019
2019 Dr. Debrina Jana has been selected as community board member in "Nanonscale Horizons" by Royal Society of Chemistry.
2019 Dr. Santanu Kumar Pal has been awarded the Bronze Medal for the year 2020 from the Chemical Research Society of India.
2019 Dr. Vinayak Sinha has been the scientific steering committee member of the international commission on Global Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution(ICACGP) under the International Science Council.

 

2019

Dr. Anu Sabhlok has been invited to serve on the editorial boards of the following international journals:  Geoforum , Dialogues in Human Geography, Geopolitics.

In addition, she serves on the advisory board of the bood series "Gender, Feminism and Geography" published by the West Virginia University Press.

2018

Dr. Sunil A. Patil has been appointed to the editorial board of the Bioresource Technology Reports journal (Elsevier)
2018 Dr. Sripada S. V. Rama Sastry has been awarded with prestigious "AVRA Young Scientist Award 2018".  AVRA is a prestigious award started by Prof. A. V. Rama Rao who started the AVRA foundation, which gives young scientist awards every year to scientists under the age 40.
2018 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been awarded with prestigious  'National Women Bioscientist Award' 2018 (young category) by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
2018 Dr. Sugandha Maheshwary has been elected a fellow of Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS).
2018 Dr. Sripada S. V. Rama Sastry has been awarded the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship (2017-18) in Chemical Sciences by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
2018 Dr. Kamal P. Singh has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI).
2018 Dr. N.G. Prasad has been elected a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy(INSA).
2018 Dr. Sripada S. V. Rama Sastry has been conferred with "Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) Young Scientist Award".
2018 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been awarded with "NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2018".
2018 Dr. P. Visakhi has been conferred with Asian Science & Technology Librarian Award, by SLA & IEEE at Baltimore,USA.
2018 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha has been elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences  (TWAS), Trieste.
2018 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been awarded the INSA Young Scientist Medal.
2017 Dr. K. Gongopadhyay has been awarded the INSA Indo-Australia EMCR Fellowship 2016--17.
2017 Dr. Vinayak Sinha has been elected as Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of Integrated Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Process Studies (iLEAPS), a Global Research Project under Future Earth
2017 Prof. Kulinder Pal Singh has been elected to the fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
2017 Dr. Sripada S. V. Rama Sastry has received the Bronze Medal for the year 2018 from the Chemical Research Society of India.
2017 Dr. Goutam Sheet has received the NASI Scopus award in physics.  
2017 Dr. Lolitika Mandal has been recently awarded with the Senior Fellowship from Wellcome Trust DBT Indian Alliance.
2017 Professor R Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science and a Honorary Professor at IISER Mohali has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
2017 Prof. N.Sathyamurthy has been elected the president of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for a period of three years from April 01, 2017.
2016 Dr. Mahak Sharma received the SERB Woman excellence Award.
2016 Dr. Goutam Sheet  has been given the Swarna Jyanti Fellowship Award for the year 2015-16.
2016 Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja has been elected a fellow of world academy of sciences.
2015 Dr. Santanu Kumar Pal got the NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2015)
2015 Prof. T R Rao received INSA Best Teacher Award 2015
2015 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha has been awarded the J C Bose National Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
2015 Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja has been chosen for the Prof. V V Narlikar Memorial Lecture Award of INSA for the year 2015
2015 Dr. Lolitika Mandal featured in Researcher spotlight on Wellcome Trust
2015 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been selected "Young Associate" of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
2015 Dr. Sabyasachi Rakshit has been awarded a Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship for his proposed study on Deciphering The Mechano-Responsive Behavior Of Cadherins In Hearing
2015 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha has been elected a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
2015 Centre of Excellence at IISER Mohali
2015 Dr. Santanu Kumar Pal has been selected for the Young Scientist Medal from the Indian National Science Academy for the year 2015
2014 Dr. K. Chattopadhyay received the National Bioscience Award for Career Development 2014
2014 Dr. Santanu Kumar Pal received "Young Achiever Award 2014" from DAE-BRNS at DAE-SSP
2014 Prof. A.K.Bachhawat bags funding from Cystinosis Research Foundation
2013 Dr. K. Gongopadhyay has been awarded Junior Associateship of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, during 2014--2019
2013 Prof. Somdatta Sinha gets the National Women Bioscientist Award (Senior category) 2013, DBT
2013 Dr. Kavita Dorai has been awarded the Prof S.Subramanian 60th Birthday Lecture Award 2012
2013 Dr. Rajesh Ramachandranhas been selected for the Wellcome-DBT fellowship in 2013
2013 Dr. Shravan Kumar Mishra appointed as Head of the Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich Germany, at IISER Mohali 2013
2013 Prof. A.K.Bachhawat appointed to the Editorial Board of "Current Science" in 2013
2012 Dr. Goutam Sheet has been selected as a Ramanujam Fellow from the Department of Science & Technology in 2012
2012 Prof. Purnananda Guptasarma appointed to the editorial board of journal "Prion" in 2012
2012 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha appointed as the Editor of "Chaos"
2012 Prof. Jasjeet Singh Bagla appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics Sept. 2012
2012 Dr. Santanu Kumar Palhas been selected for the DAE Young Scientist Award (2012).
2012 Dr. Ram Yadav Selected for the Ramalingaswami Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi (2012).
2012 Dr. Kavita Babu has been selected for the Innovative Biotechnologist Award by the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi (2012)
2012 Dr. Ram Yadav has been selected for the Innovative Biotechnologist Award by the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi (2012)
2012 Dr. Mahak Sharma has been selected for Wellcome DBT Fellowship (2012).
2012 Dr. Kavita Babu has been selected for Wellcome DBT Fellowship (2012).
2012 Prof. Somdatta Sinha selected for the J C Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology for a period of five years(2012-2017).
2012 Prof. A.K.Bachhawat selected for the J C Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology for a period of five years (2012-2017).
2011 Dr. Vinayak Sinha appointed as Topical editor of "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics" for the Journal Earth System Science Data
2011 Dr. Vinayak Sinhaappointed as Head of the Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry, Mainz at IISER Mohali (2011)
2011 Prof. A.K.Bachhawat has been elected a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (2011)
2011 Dr. I.B.S. Passi has been selected for the Khosla National Award for the year 2011 as well as the P C Mahlanobis Medal (2011) of INSA.
2011 Dr. Sanjeev Kumarhas been selected as a Ramanujan Fellow by Department of Science and Technology (June 2011).
2011 Dr. Yogesh Singh has been selected as a Ramanujan Fellow by Department of Science and Technology (June 2011).
2010 Dr. Sanchayan Neal Gupta has been selected as a Ramanujan Fellow by Department of Science and Technology (October 2010).
2010 Dr. Ananth Venkatesan has been selected as a Ramanujan Fellow by Department of Science and Technology (October 2010).
2010 Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape has received the J. C. Bose fellowship (August 2010).
2010 Dr. Lolitika Mandal has been selected for Wellcome DBT Fellowship (April 2010).
2010 Dr. Kamal P. Singh has been selected as a Ramanujan Fellow by Department of Science and Technology (February 2010).
2010 Prof.N.Sathyamurthy has been appointed on the Editorial Board of EPJ D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics (January 2010).
2010 Prof. Sudeshna Sinha elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (January 2010).
2009 Prof. N.Sathyamurthy elected Vice President of INSA (October 2009).
2009 Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape elected Fellow of INSA (October 2009).
2009 Dr. Sanjay Singhhas been selected as young associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for four years (September 2009 to September 2013).
2009 Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyayhas been selected as young associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for three years (September 2009 to September 2012).